The poppy we are familiar with today is believed to have come from the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields,” by John McCrae. But McCrae wasn’t a poet by profession, he was a doctor. Courtesy photo ...

Veterans making poppies for Des Moines Poppy day on May 29, 1937, at the Veterans Administration hospital. The red crepe ...

The red poppy, known as the Flanders or corn poppy, continues to symbolize sacrifices made by veterans. Courtesy MelindaMyers.com. Memorial ...

Rosanne Cash writes about "Merry Golden Tree," a ballad that traveled from Europe to America’s shores carrying the seeds of folk and country music.

The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, ...